Ghamai Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Ghamai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 138 | 1:1,294,521 | 15,016 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ghamai (248) may also be a first name.
Ghamai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghamai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghamai (Hindi: घमई, Marathi: घामाई, Oriya: ଘମାଇ) is found most in Pakistan. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghamai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,409,418th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Ghamai are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Ghamai is also the 566,287th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 248 people.
The surname Ghamai is most common in Pakistan, where it is borne by 138 people, or 1 in 1,294,521. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 52 percent reside, Balochistan, where 41 percent reside and Sindh, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Pakistan this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghamai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghamai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଘମାଇ | ghama'i | - |
| Ghamai in the Hindi language | ||
| घमई | ghama'i | 88.46 |
| घामाई | ghama'i | 7.69 |
| घमाई | ghama'i | 3.85 |
| Ghamai in the Marathi language | ||
| घामाई | ghama'i | 80 |
| घमई | ghama'i | 20 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ghamai
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